Know the Creeds and Councils
Publisher: Zondervan; Zondervan Academic
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, MI
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780310515098
Description: In every generation, the Christian church must interpret and restate its bedrock beliefs, answering the challenges and concerns of the day. This accessible overview walks readers through centuries of creeds, councils, catechisms, and confessions--not with a dry focus on dates and places, but with an emphasis on the living tradition of Christian belief and why it matters for our lives today.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Thomas C. Oden; title: Introduction : What are creeds, confessions, catechisms, and councils?; title: Apostles' Creed (ca. 140); title: Council of Nicaea and the Nicene Creed (325); title: Councils of Ephesus (431, 449, 475); title: Council of Chalcedon (451); title: Athanasian Creed (late 400s to early 500s); title: Councils of Constantinople (381, 553, 681); title: Councils of Carthage and Orange (419 and 529); title: Council of Trent (1545-63); title: Heidelberg Catechism (1563); title: Thirty-nine Articles of Religion (1563); title: Westminster Confession of Faith (1646); title: Second Vatican Council (1962-65); title: Modern confessions : Lausanne Covenant (1974) and Chicago statement on biblical inerrancy (1978); title: Conclusion